US Lacrosse Announces Tryout Pool for Men's National Team

By: MLL Communications ,March 18, 2016

Boston (July 27, 2013) - US Lacrosse today announced the 98 players selected to try out for the U.S. Men’s National Team, which will defend its world title at the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championships on July 10-19, 2014, in Denver, Colo. Tryouts will be held Aug. 30-Sept. 1 at Goucher College in Baltimore, Md.

Major League Lacrosse is well represented with 83 players, including 13 rookies, invited to the event as U.S. head coach Richie Meade will be looking for the best Lacrosse players to represent the U.S. next year. Following tryouts, US Lacrosse will announce the 40-player U.S. men’s national team.

Ten players return to try out from the 2010 U.S. men’s national team that won gold in Manchester, England. Notable returners include 2010 World Championships MVP and Boston Cannons All-Time leading scorer Paul Rabil, All-World performers Brendan Mundorf (Denver Outlaws) and Max Seibald (New York Lizards), three-time U.S. team members Ryan Boyle (Cannons) and Matt Striebel (Rochester Rattlers), and Rattlers attackman Ned Crotty, who scored the game-tying and game-winning goals to clinch the world title for the U.S. in Manchester.

The Chesapeake Bayhawks lead the pack of trialists with 17 players including 2010 U.S. national team member Drew Westervelt, Casey Powell who appeared in two World Championships (’98 and ’06), and rookie Jesse Bernhardt

Boston and Denver follow suit with 13 players each including rookies Scott Ratliff and Brendan Buckley joining Boyle and Rabil in representing the Cannons and MLL leading scorer Chris Bocklet, rookie Eric Law joining Mundorf among others for the Outlaws.

2013 Tewaaraton Award winner Rob Pannell highlights the list of nine New York Lizards invited to try out while rookies John Ranagan and Dave Lawson are among the nine Rattlers who will trying out.

The Charlotte Hounds and Hamilton Nationals both have eight players participating in the tryout with rookies Mike Poppelton, Tucker Durkin and Garrett Thul highlighting the Nationals list and Mike Sawyer joining 2010 returnee Chris Schiller on the list of Hounds invited.

The list of MLL players is rounded out by six members of the Ohio Machine, including rookies Jake Bernhardt and Marcus Holman as well as second-year standout Steele Stanwick.

A full list of MLL players participating in the Labor Day tryout can be found below. For more information on the U.S. men’s national team, visit uslacrosse.org/usmen.

MLL Players Invited to Labor Day U.S. National Team Tryout

Mitch

Belisle

Boston Cannons

Stephen

Berger

Boston Cannons

Ryan

Boyle

Boston Cannons

Kevin

Buchanan

Boston Cannons

Brendan

Buckley

Boston Cannons

Jordan

Burke

Boston Cannons

Chris

Eck

Boston Cannons

Brian

Farrell

Boston Cannons

Pat

Heim

Boston Cannons

Paul

Rabil

Boston Cannons

Scott

Ratliff

Boston Cannons

Mike

Stone

Boston Cannons

Kyle

Sweeney

Boston Cannons

Matt

Danowski

Charlotte Hounds

Ryan

Flanagan

Charlotte Hounds

Adam

Ghitelman

Charlotte Hounds

Peet

Poillon

Charlotte Hounds

Mike

Sawyer

Charlotte Hounds

Chris

Schiller

Charlotte Hounds

Brett

Schmidt

Charlotte Hounds

Ryan

Young

Charlotte Hounds

Matt

Abbott

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Jesse

Bernhardt

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Steven

Brooks

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Dan

Burns

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Matt

Dolente

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Barney

Ehrmann

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Michael

Evans

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Ben

Hunt

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Michael

Kimmel

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Matt

Mackrides

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Nicky

Polanco

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Casey

Powell

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Adam

Rand

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Ben

Rubeor

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Michael

Simon

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Kip

Turner

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Drew

Westervelt

Chesapeake Bayhawks

Chris

Bocklet

Denver Outlaws

Matt

Bocklet

Denver Outlaws

Jeremy

Boltus

Denver Outlaws

Anthony

Kelly

Denver Outlaws

Terry

Kimener

Denver Outlaws

Eric

Law

Denver Outlaws

Brendan

Mundorf

Denver Outlaws

Justin

Pennington

Denver Outlaws

Dillon

Roy

Denver Outlaws

Jesse

Schwartzman

Denver Outlaws

Jeremy

Sieverts

Denver Outlaws

Drew

Snider

Denver Outlaws

Lee

Zink

Denver Outlaws

Kevin

Cunningham

Hamilton Nationals

Tucker

Durkin

Hamilton Nationals

Cameron

Lao-Gosney

Hamilton Nationals

Roman

Lao-Gosney

Hamilton Nationals

Matt

Lovejoy

Hamilton Nationals

Mike

Poppleton

Hamilton Nationals

Brett

Queener

Hamilton Nationals

Garrett

Thul

Hamilton Nationals

Drew

Adams

New York Lizards

David

Earl

New York Lizards

Matt

Gibson

New York Lizards

Greg

Gurenlian

New York Lizards

Brian

Karalunas

New York Lizards

Rob

Pannell

New York Lizards

Stephen

Peyser

New York Lizards

Max

Seibald

New York Lizards

Kevin

Unterstein

New York Lizards

Jake

Bernhardt

Ohio Machine

Kyle

Hartzell

Ohio Machine

Marcus

Holman

Ohio Machine

Steele

Stanwick

Ohio Machine

Chad

Wiedmaier

Ohio Machine

Chazz

Woodson

Ohio Machine

Ned

Crotty

Rochester Rattlers

Steve

DeNapoli

Rochester Rattlers

John

Galloway

Rochester Rattlers

John

Lade

Rochester Rattlers

David

Lawson

Rochester Rattlers

Kevin

Leveille

Rochester Rattlers

Mike

Manley

Rochester Rattlers

John

Ranagan

Rochester Rattlers

Matt

Striebel

Rochester Rattlers

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